Jewett v. Brown

This is a petition for instructions filed in the Probate Court by the trustee under an instrument of December 24, 1931, executed by Margaret W. Jewett, then of “Woods Hole,” since deceased. The instructions sought were whether James R. Jewett, and later George F. Jewett, as life beneficiaries, were unqualifiedly entitled to receive the net income, or whether the trustee’s authority to make payments to them was subject to a provision of the trust instrument requiring the consent of a committee. From the decree entered by the judge in effect that the life beneficiaries were unqualifiedly…